Mawlana's View of God, Universe and Man

Mawlana’s belief is that there is a perfect, conscious and infinite Being with all the attributes and perfect names behind all phenomena in the universe. Mawlana calls this Being God. God is the permanent source of being and life. God is the Creator who created the cosmos from vacuity out of His own will. The centre of Mawlana’s thought is the Active All- Powerful Creator. From Mowlana’s point of view, on one side there is aninfinite Being as the soul of the universe and on the other side there is the finite universe, constantly in the process of dialectical contradiction and reshaping. All contradictions belong to the multiplicity and multiplicity is ultimately moving toward unity. This world as the creation of God’s will and power enjoys the grace of God all the time. God exercises His divinity, sovereignty and providence to all parts and particles of theuniverse. In the world, all powers and competences are in fact dependent on God’s power. On the one hand, there is an infinite Being, on the other, there is thefinite universe, constantly in the process of dialectal contradiction and reshaping. Man lies between the two universes, experiencing his own presence